Candle In The Wind: Chords

Intro:
SI LA MI/SOL# FA#m MI SI7
MI LA
Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never knew you at all
MI/SOL# LA
You had the grace to hold yourself while those around you crawled
MI LA
They crawled out of the woodwork and they whispered into your brain
MI/SOL# LA
They sent you on a treadmill and they made you change your name
SI SI7
And it seems to me you lived your life
MI LA
Like a candle in the wind
MI SI
Never knowing who to cling to when the rain set in
LA DO#m
And I would have liked to've known you but I was just a kid
SI LA MI/SOL# FA#m MI
Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did
SI LA MI/SOL# FA#m MI SI7
MI LA
Loneliness was tough, the toughest role you ever played
MI/SOL# LA
Hollywood created a superstar and pain was the price you paid
MI LA
And even when you died, oh, the press still hounded you
MI/SOL# LA
All the papers had to say was that Marilyn was found in the nude
SI SI7
And it seems to me you lived your life
MI LA
Like a candle in the wind
MI SI
Never knowing who to cling to when the rain set in
LA DO#m
And I would have liked to've known you but I was just a kid
SI LA MI/SOL# FA#m MI
Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did
SI LA MI/SOL# FA#m MI SI7
MI LA
Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never knew you at all
MI/SOL# LA
You had the grace to hold yourself while those around you crawled
MI LA
Goodbye Norma Jean, from a young man in the twenty second row
MI/SOL#
Who sees you as something more than sexual,
LA
more than just our Marilyn Monroe
SI SI7
And it seems to me you lived your life
MI LA
Like a candle in the wind
MI SI
Never knowing who to cling to when the rain set in
LA DO#m
And I would have liked to've known you but I was just a kid
SI LA MI/SOL# FA#m MI
Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did
SI LA MI/SOL# FA#m MI
Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did